Promoting economic development and celebrating family, art, and culture in Latino North Philadelphia since 1979

Author: Rafael

Lea en Español Feria del Barrio (Feria), the annual outdoor festival that brings thousands to Philadelphia’s famed Centro de Oro (Golden Center), will divert from its tradition of awarding a Latino arts, education or business leader so that it may recognize the Philadelphia Police Department and Philadelphia Fire Department. This year’s event falls on the… Read More FERIA DEL BARRIO TO HONOR FIRST RESPONDERS ON 9/11

Performing this year as Feria’s main act is the acclaimed and award winning percussionist Pablo Batista. Mr. Batista is the recipient of the distinguished Pew Fellowship Award in Folk Art. He also toured and recorded with the late Grover Washington, Jr., from 1985 until Grover’s passing in 1999. His music is a delicious blend of Afro-Caribbean music,… Read More Pablo Batista will perform in Feria 2016

George Dennis’s Mambodelphia Dance Company incorporates the Mambo style into routines that keeps the Salsa On1 feeling while embracing the Salsa On2. Dennis had been dancing for more than 10 years and teaching for more than 7 years, and he brings his experience to the dance company. His company mixes fun, exciting routines that always… Read More Mambodelphia Dance Company at Feria 2015

In 1982, Guillermo “Bill” Salas, Jr. Co-founded the Hispanic Association of Contractors and Enterprises better known today as simply HACE. At the time a Community Development Corporation was viewed as a new tool for the revitalization of neighborhoods to improve the lives of low income people. HACE became a voice for greater social and economic… Read More The 2015 Feria Special Honoree: Bill Salas